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I was just wondering what specific products people buy which are so cheap that they really shouldn't be any good, but are in fact preferable to more expensive equivalent products.
For example, where a supermarket's value-brand version of a product is tastier/more effective than the same store's non-value equivalent.
I'll start with two of my own. Tesco chocolate (own brand, not Value) is 51p for a 200g bar and is waaaaay nicer than Dairy Milk at twice the price. Plus it comes in at only 1p more expensive than the Value brand next to it on the shelf, which is nowhere near as nice.
Waitrose stock a delicious Cuvee Chasseur (red wine) at the plonkety-plonk price of £3.05 a bottle. This was pointed out to me by my friend who is on disability benefits but still manages to be the biggest wine snob I know!
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For example, where a supermarket's value-brand version of a product is tastier/more effective than the same store's non-value equivalent.
I'll start with two of my own. Tesco chocolate (own brand, not Value) is 51p for a 200g bar and is waaaaay nicer than Dairy Milk at twice the price. Plus it comes in at only 1p more expensive than the Value brand next to it on the shelf, which is nowhere near as nice.
Waitrose stock a delicious Cuvee Chasseur (red wine) at the plonkety-plonk price of £3.05 a bottle. This was pointed out to me by my friend who is on disability benefits but still manages to be the biggest wine snob I know!
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I can't think of any "better ones" but I can think of two "definitely nots!!".
No own brand cornflakes match Kellogs and no own brand beans match Heinz.
Not that I've tasted all the alternatives, but every one I've tried has been too different to be at all like what it says on the tin. <shudder>Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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I will say I have found Tesco Value Beans as preferable to Heinz. They’re much cheaper and the sauce they come in though well flavoured is not the over thickened clag you get with Heinz. I like to remove most of the sauce as well so I can use the beans in cooking for things like stews and they work wonderfully!
I could make it better myself at home. All I need is a small aubergine...
I moved to Liverpool for a better life.
And goodness, it's turned out to be better and busier!0 -
I always get gammon joints and bacon from Lidl. The dry cure bacon is lovely, none of that horrible white stuff when you cook it, can't remember how much it is but it's very cheap compared to "posh" supermarkets. Gammon joints cost about £4 but do us for at least 3 meals and I've never had a salty one.0
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agree on heinz products - beans, tom sauce, etc. nothing else compares
but for cornflakes, lidl ones taste the same as kellogs, but ive yet to find anyone who does rice krispies as nice as kellogs
brown sauce, has to be HP, all the others are too runny, and have strong vinegar taste0 -
I am going to go against the tide then, and say that I prefer co-op own tomato sauce to Heinz - and agree with the comment about the 'thickened clag' heinz bean sauce - I never buy heinz beans any more, but when my other half did I nearly gagged cos of the sauce. Uuurghhh!!0
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Oh - and the co-ops own Jaffa Cakes spongey bit is waaayyy nicer than mcvities.0
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Guess who's heading for the co-op real soon! I'd never noticed they had their own Jaffa Cakes. Yummy.Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.DTFAC: Y.T.D = £5.20 Apr £0.50
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im the complete opposite to squeaky - give me own brand cornflakes and baked beans any dayknow thyselfNid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus...0
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I'm a mayonnaise snob and can't stand Hellmans pale, wobbly, lumpy goo. If I can buy Heinz mayo I do but my Asda don't sell it :rolleyes: I've recently discovered that the Co-ops own brand mayo is lovely, creamy and mixes well when I make seafood sauce etc.Just run, run and keep on running!0
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Sainsbury's Bran Flakes :drool:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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